Clear Aqua Color

#c4eae0

Clear Aqua is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet

Inverse Color #3b151f
Complementary Color #e9c4ce
Color Shade: green cyan (164.21° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 84.31% (better contrasting with black)
Clear Aqua Color Sample
Clear Aqua Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c4eae0

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Clear Aqua Color. The Aqua Wish color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Apple Green (#e2f3ec) for more calm effect. Try Sharbah Fizz as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e9c4ce is the best complementary color to Clear Aqua. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c4eae0 complementary color is Oyster Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Jagged Ice are #c4e9cd and #c4e0e9. Thus found on the left and right of #c4eae0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fringy Flower and Jagged Ice colors as they work well with Clear Aqua.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Clear Aqua palette consists of #e9cdc4 and #e9c4e0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e9c4ce). Try Bone and Melanie colors in combination with #c4eae0, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #c4eae0 offers a combination of warm yellow and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Clear Aqua. Thus Stark White and Prelude giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Clear Aqua contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oyster Pink, Prelude, and Beryl Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #c4eae0 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid yellow shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Clear Aqua tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#e9c4ce) and two others. The Prelude is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Beryl Green – 120° from the complementary Oyster Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dfc4e9 and #cee9c4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c4eae0 is made of 30% red, 36% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Clear Aqua has a hue angle of 164.21°, a saturation of 47.5% and a lightness of 84.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c4eae0 is made of 14.9% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.92% yellow and 8.24% black ink.

HEX #c4eae0
RGB Decimal rgb(196,234,224)
RGB Percentage 30%, 36%, 34%
CMYK 14.9, 0, 3.92, 8.24
HSL hsl(164.21,47.5%,84.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(164.21,16.24%,91.76%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.8423,-14.2544,0.7291)
XYZ xyz(65.6423,75.9632,81.7237)
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